Unit 7 - WSB+C: Lessons 4-6

The Niagara Falls are believed to have been created due to icebergs receding from the Wisconsin glaciation during the last ice age. This type of movement is known as a ___________________ process.  

• constructive

• destructive

• transverse

• tectonic

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Which images depict a constructive process?

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Which images depict a destructive process?

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Identify the type of plate boundary that would create new oceanic crust.

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Volcanoes do not typically occur at ______ boundaries.  Subduction causes volcanoes to form at  ______ boundaries.  Volcanic ridges are formed at  ______ boundaries.

• transform, convergent, divergent

• convergent, transform, divergent

• divergent, convergent, transform

• transform, divergent, convergent

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Which of the following is an example of weathering through a physical process?

• dissolution

• hydrolysis

• freeze-thaw

• oxidation

In _____ weathering, rocks are broken down into smaller pieces without changing them, and in  _____ weathering, rocks are broken down and changed into different substances. 

• mechanical, chemical

• chemical, mechanical

• transitional, chemical

• transitional, mechanical

• mechanical, transitional

Which of the following are examples of soil formation through a physical process?

• oxygen causing red or brown rust to form on rocks making them soft and crumbly

• carbon dioxide producing carbonic acid weathering of marble and limestone

• water freezing into rock depressions creating cracks that break down the rock

• living organisms producing acids that dissolve the rock

• abrasion caused by friction of moving objects against the rock 

Groundwater supplies the Earth with additional water when there is a depletion of water in the ________________. 

• oceans

• surface water

• rivers and streams

• atmosphere

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Removal of surface water will lead to _____ quantities of ground water. 

• increased

• decreased

• maintained

• polluted

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